Photo Rumors

New Zeiss Touit Macro lens coming soon

By PR admin | Published: October 21, 2013

In this YouTube video Winfried Scherle (Carl Zeiss AG Camera Lens Division Senior Vice President and General Manager) mentioned that Zeiss will soon introduce a new Touit Macro 1:1 lens “with outstanding performance“. This is most likely the 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens that is currently scheduled for release on November 8th (the lens was initially announced at Photokina last year).

He also mentioned that next year Zeiss will release more FE full frame lenses for the Sony a7 camera (see lens roadmap).

Zeiss is also working on new manual focus full frame lenses for the Sony a7/a7r models (from Carl Zeiss Facebook page):

Don’t buy that Sony a7 camera yet – Nikon is rumored to release a new full frame hybrid camera soon UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: October 20, 2013

For everyone that is considering to buy the new Sony a7 camera – you may want to wait a little bit since Nikon is rumored to announce a new full frame hybrid camera with the following specifications:

Nikon FM2 like design
16.2MP 36×23.9 full frame sensor (same as in the D4?)
SD memory card
2016-pixel RGB image sensor
9-cell framing grid display
3D color matrix metering II
Native ISO range: 100-12,800 (incl. ISO 50 and ISO 108,200)
5.5 fps for up to 100 shots
3.2″ LCD screen
Battery:EN-EL14
Dimensions: 143.5 x 110 x 66.5mm
Weight: 765g
It will come with a new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens (again, not clear what mount the new lens will have)

Update – some additional specifications:

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The Sony NEX brand is gone, new A-mount camera in 2014

By PR admin | Published: October 19, 2013

During this official a7/a7r video introduction, a Sony representative mentioned that there will no longer be NEX branded cameras (starting at the 3:09 mark) – all future models will be under the α (Alpha) name just like the recently announced a7/a7r full frame mirrorless cameras:

Sony is still committed to the A-mount and a new mid to high-end A-mount camera body is currently under development and is expected to be released in 2014:

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Updated Panasonic lens roadmap

By PR admin | Published: October 19, 2013

Panasonic Japan published a new lens roadmap. The newly added lenses are:

Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 ASPH
New Lumix G Vario 35-100mm (Panasonic currently has a Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 Power O.I.S. lens)

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 lens, Panasonic lens roadmap, Roadmaps| 4 Comments

Sony α7/α7r questions and answers

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2013

If you are considering the new Sony α7 or α7r full frame mirrorless cameras, I highly recommend reading those Q&A published on Sony’s blog:

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Fuji X-E2 and XQ1 hands-on previews, new X100 firmware update

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2013

Some additional hands-on and preview videos of the latest Fujifilm X-E2 and Fujifilm XQ1 cameras (including the new firmware update for the X100):

Fuji X-E2

FYI: Fuji advertises the X-E2 as having the world’s fastest AF.

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First images of the mini OM-D Olympus STYLUS1 compact camera

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2013

The Olympus STYLUS1 will be a compact, fixed lens camera with design similar to the OM-D. The official announcement will be on October 29th. The price is set at ¥70,000 (around $700).